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Spoiler Discussion for All Good People Here PLUS The ending explained!
First off, did I enjoy this book? YES!
If you want to read my book review, find out more about the entire plot of All Good People Here, or Crime Junkie (Ashley Flowers’ podcast) check out my Spoiler-Free Review of All Good People!
This Spoiler Discussion of All Good People is about going through the timeline, the suspects, and the book’s conclusion. Hashing out the theories we had as we read, and poking holes in them. So let’s do it!
The book has a timeline that spans twenty-five years, with major events happening in 1994, 2009 and 2019. Hope this helps you keep it all straight.
This post includes:
- a LIST OF VICTIMS AND CHARACTERS in All Good People Here.
- MY SUSPECTS in All Good People Here
- WHO ACTUALLY KILLED WHOM In All Good People Here
- Explanation of WHAT HAPPENED TO JANUARY JACOBS?
- Explanation of WHAT HAPPENED TO KRISSY JACOBS?
- Explanation of WHAT WAS THAT ENDING, ANYWAY?
- ANALYSIS OF Other True Crime Cases, like the JonBenét Ramsey case, that might have inspired Ashley, who is a True Crime podcaster, after all!
Character List for All Good People Here:
Margot Davies: a newspaper reporter in her early thirties. Was friends with January Jones, who disappeared in 1994 at age six.
Luke (Dave) Davies: Margot’s uncle. He is his fifties, a widower suffering from early onset dementia. Biological father of January and Jase Jacobs.
Rebecca: Luke’s wife, who died around 2018
Adam and Bethany (Margot’s parents; not in the book but mentioned)
Adrienne: Margot’s boss (mentioned)
Wakarusa, Indiana Police in the present:
Pete Finch: old friend of Margot’s now a police officer
Detective Lacks: in charge of the Natalie Clark case
The Jacobs family:
Krissy Jacobs: mother of twins January and Jace; she was thought to have died by suicide in 2009
Billy Jacobs: married to Krissy; learned he was not the biological father of the twins from Dave/Luke on the night January died in 1994
January Jacobs: six year-old daughter of Krissy and Billy; participant in large state-wide dance competitions
Jace Jacobs: ran away from home after January’s death; reconnected with his mother
Jodie Palmer: in a relationship with Krissy after January’s death.
Indiana Locals:
Linda: works at Shorty’s, the local bar
Eli Blum: DVD store employee and former friend of Jase
Elliott Wallace: Childless and was known to attend children’s dance competitions. Jase thought he might have killed January.
Annabelle Wallace: Elliott’s sister
Police from the January Jacobs case:
Robby O’Neil (local)
Barker (local)
Max Townsend (state)
Rhonda Lacks (state)
Patricia Jones (state)
Victims in All Good People Here:
Natalie Clark, abducted from a playground in the book’s present (2019)
Polly Limon: disappeared from a shopping center parking lot in Ohio in 2016
January Jacobs, went missing from her home one night in 1994. Her body was discovered in a ditch less than two miles from the Jacobs home.
Who were your main suspects in All Good People Here?
When you think about it, there really weren’t that many suspects in January’s murder. Mostly just Krissy, Billy and Luke. My main suspect was Luke. The dementia seemed like a plot device to me.
As for the Natalie Clark case, it was clever of the book to suggest that the killer could be the same person, though I wondered why there would have been a twenty-year gaps in the killer’s crimes (this was explained in the book).
I wondered about Pete (sorry, Pete!) as it’s a typical plotline in thrillers to have the main character’s old friend she’d flirting with be a killer, but Pete was just a child when January died and seemed to have no motive.
Who were the killers in All Good People Here?
A man named Elliot Wallace killed Polly and Natalie, along with a number of other young girls. He was finally caught by a tip sent to the police by Margot.
Elliott’s sister Annabelle told Margot that Elliott had a storage unit that she was paying for. Margot and Jodie broke into the storage unit and found trophies Elliott was keeping from Natalie, Polly, and ten other girls. There was a box for January, but strangely, it only had a few of her dance recital programs, and no personal items.
That’s because…
Billy killed January. Longer explanation below, but he’d accidentally injured her, thinking she was Krissy. When she started yelling “Daddy, why did you hurt me,” he killed her to keep her quiet.
Jase found January’s body. Krissy found Jace standing over his sister’s body and thought he killed January, so she staged the scene and moved the body.
Billy also killed Krissy after she realized he was responsible for January’s death.
Billy then intends to kill Margot when he realizes she knows he killed January.
What really happened to January Jacobs in All Good People Here?
Her father Billy came home in a rage late one night after finding out from his longtime friend, Dave (the high school nickname of Margot’s Uncle Luke), that Dave/Luke was actually the father of the twins.
Billy heard a person he thought was his wife Krissy coming up the basement stairs and, furious with her, swung the door to the basement into her, sending her flying down the stairs.
But the person Billy hit wasn’t Krissy, it was January. Thankfully, January was alive, but she accused her father of hurting her and started to cry. Panicked, he slammed her head against the cement floor and, when he realized she was dead, put her baby blanket in her hand and then snuck back into his own bed.
Jace then woke up and found his sister’s body at the bottom of the stairs. He went down to check on her and touched her, getting blood on his pajamas.
Next, Krissy woke up and found Jace standing over January’s body. She thought that Jace had killed January because he was jealous of all the attention she got. To protect Jace, Krissy staged the scene. She used a hammer to smash the basement window from outside and spray paint threats on the wall and make it look like an intruder took January.
In 2009, Jace, who has left home, starts corresponding with his mom as part of a recovery program. Krissy apologizes to Jace for covering up his murder of January, and he writes back and says “uhhh, I didn’t do it.”
Krissy then decides to tell Dave that he is the twins’ father. After that meeting, she writes Jase a letter saying, “I learned something about your father. He isn’t who you think he is.”
That very day, Krissy ends up dead, presumed by suicide.
Who killed Krissy Davies in All Good People Here?
The police think Krissy died by suicide based on the note she left (which was actually part of a letter to Jase.)
Jodie thinks Dave/Luke did it, because Krissy died right after telling him he was the father of the twins.
Billy admits to Margot that he killed Krissy after he THINKS she has figured out he’s the one who killed January.
To me, this was a little confusing. Billy found out he wasn’t the twins’ father back in 1994, from Dave/Luke. That was the conversation that led to January’s death. But it seems like Krissy didn’t know that.
Why didn’t Dave/Luke ever tell Krissy that he knew he was the twins’ father?
I understand him not saying anything in all the chaos of January’s death, but fifteen years later, when Krissy decides to come clean, he already knows.
WHAT did Krissy mean in her letter to Jace when she said “I learned something about your father. He isn’t who you think he is.” Does “your father” mean Billy, the only father Jace ever knew? Or does it mean Dave/Luke, Jace’s biological father?
DID Krissy figure out that Billy killed January?
I think yes. I think what happened is that in 2009, Krissy told Dave the truth, he said yeah, “I already know. And back in 1994, on the night of January’s murder, I told Billy that I was the twins’ father and he was MAD.” Leading Krissy to realize that Billy must have killed January.
Who wrote “She Will Not Be the Last” on the Jacobs barn and who was writing the notes to Margot?
Krissy’s secret lover Jodie wrote all the warning notes and messages. In 2009, after Krissy confided in Jodie that she had been the one to stage January’s death as a murder, Krissy says she’s going to tell Dave the truth.
Jodie warns her not to tell Dave. Krissy’s “suicide” occurs that very day, so Jodie thinks that Dave/Luke must have killed Krissy after she told him that he was the twins’ father. But this was actually not the case! Billy was the one who killed Krissy because she realized he was the one who killed January.
Why does Jodie keep quiet about this? Maybe to keep her relationship with Krissy a secret.
And does Jodie think Dave is responsible for all the murders? (January, Krissy, and the other girls?)
What was the deal with Dave/Luke?
Dave/Luke knew (since 1994) that he was the father of Krissy’s twins, knowledge made even more painful by the fact that he and his wife Rebecca were unable to have biological children. He attended January’s dance recitals to watch her from afar.
On the night of January’s murder, Dave told Billy that he was the twins’ father, sending Billy into the rage that would lead to January’s death.
But after what happened to January, WHY did Dave/Luke never say anything about this to Krissy or the police or anyone? WHY? Due to his dementia, we will never know. Maybe he told his brother Adam (Margot’s father) leading to his alcoholism. (Just a joke. Sort of.)
Read the comments, as Cat has an interesting theory about this!
The Ending of All Good People Here, Explained
After discovering the evidence in Elliott Wallace’s storage unit, Margot goes to tell Billy that she’s solved January’s case.
While in Billy’s house, Margot sees a photo of January holding her baby blanket, the one Jace said she was clutching when he found her at the bottom the stairs.
Margot thinks that there is no way January could have been holding onto the blanket during all the events that led to her death. She is certain someone had to have planted the blanket BEFORE Jace found January (and before Krissy staged the scene.) If Jace is telling the truth, that person had to be Billy.
Billy realizes that Margot suspects him and tells her it was an accident. That Krissy also realized he did it and he had to kill her too.
Billy drags poor Margot down the basement stairs and … that’s it. Margot resolves to get away, but we don’t know what happens next.
Spoiler Discussion for All Good People Here
Here are my major questions about All Good People Here:
Did the explanation for January’s death make sense?
What was the deal with the whole Dave/Luke situation?
What was with that ending!? I know a LOT of you are mad about it, so let’s discuss?
Could January’s case have been inspired by the JonBenét Ramsey case?
Did you think the explanation for January’s death make sense?
While I really appreciated all the twists in the January case and the number of suspects (Dave/Luke, Jace, Krissy, Billy, Elliott) I didn’t find the resolution 100% plausible. By a weird coincidence, I was listening to a podcast on the Casey Anthony case right before I read this, and something stuck with me.
Long story short, Casey’s lawyer’s explanation for Caylee’s death was that it was an accidental drowning that had been staged as a kidnapping/murder so Casey wouldn’t be blamed.
According to a podcast I just listened to, the medical examiner in the Anthony case testified that 100% of the time, parents who find their kids accidentally injured call 911.
I am never a fan of a plot with an elaborate cover-up for an accident, something that happens in many books. Tragic accidents happen and unless it’s something like a DUI, people rarely get thrown in prison for them.
Furthermore, January get knocked down the stairs by the door, and did not know why she fell or who was responsible. When her father came to check on her, why did she immediately start yelling that he hurt her? Why would her first thought be that her father meant to hurt her, rather than came to help her? that was a bit strange to me.
Thanks to Cat for her theory on this! Check the comments!
What is the deal with Dave (or is it Luke)…
Having known a family friend who suffered from early onset dementia, I was completely empathetic to Dave/Luke and his heartbreaking situation. Not only the dementia, but the fact that he learned he had biological children he wanted and can’t acknowledge. That’s rough.
And yet, I have to evaluate the dementia as the plot device that it is. Amnesia and memory loss in books is not my favorite trope. Luke reminded me a little of a character in The Survivors.
I understand the plot-related reasons to keep Luke’s mind muddled. 1) He can’t tell Margot that he was actually January and Jace’s father OR that he told Billy this on the day January died. 2) He can’t tell anyone what he and Krissy discussed the day she died. 3) He can remain a suspect in Krissy’s murder.
But here’s the thing. After dropping his little 2009 truth bomb on Billy, and then learning that January was dead, Dave/Luke must have wondered if the two things were connected!
Coincidences are always side-eyed in the true crime community.
Why didn’t Dave/Luke say anything to Krissy or the police back in 1994 or in all the years since?
Dave/Luke had another opportunity to be like “hey, wtf” when Krissy died in 2009 on the very day Dave/Luke and Krissy spoke about the twins’ parentage. AGAIN Dave/Luke didn’t say anything to the police. Dave/Luke, what is up with that? According to Margot, his dementia is recent, so he can’t blame that.
Dave/Luke, we know that Billy HATED you and I suspect he wasn’t your favorite person either. Why did you protect him? What is going on?
Is Billy believable as the killer in All Good People Here?
Above, I argued that there was no logical reason for Billy to kill his daughter. Is he just a psychopath who cold-bloodedly kills two (or three) people over something that clearly could have been interpreted as an accident? I think January’s fall down the stairs would have been seen as a tragic accident, due to sleepwalking or slippery stairs. (Shades of The Staircase!)
But back to Billy. Anytime Billy thinks someone MIGHT knows his secret, he murders them? I don’t believe there was any way for Margot to prove her baby blanket theory. And Billy has someone to blame for January’s death: Elliot Wallace.
He made January’s death look like an accident and Krissy’s like a suicide. What do you think is his plan to keep Margot quiet?
Is the January Jacobs murder inspired by any true crime cases?
Similarities between January’s murder and the JonBenét Ramsey case
I have read more than a few reviews of the book that make the point that All Good People Here might be inspired by this very well-known case.
I am not super familiar with the JonBenét Ramsey case, but there seem to be some superficial similarities:
Each of the girls had a brother.
Both girls got lots of attention for participating in beauty pageants/dance recitals wearing makeup.
January and JBR were initially thought to have been abducted from their homes during the night.
Each case included written threats. In the JBR case, a rambling ransom letter was found. January’s kitchen was painted with threatening graffiti.
Both January’s and JBR’s parents gave somewhat awkward media interviews that made the public suspect they were not being forthcoming about everything they knew.
But there are differences as well:
January and Jace are six year-old twins. JBR was also six but her brother was nine.
The Jacobs are working class, while the Ramseys were extremely wealthy.
What I thought was interesting was that the family member vs outside intruder debate in the (still unsolved) JBR case were similar to plot elements in the book.
All Good People Here has plot elements similar to a completely spectulative and unproven theory about the JBR case, that one or both of JBR’s parents staged the scene to cover up the fact that someone in the family was involved in what happened to JonBenét.
There is a bedwetting theory that blames JBR’s parents.
There is also a theory about a heated sibling dispute possibly involving a flashlight and some pineapple.
Again, these are SPECULATIVE, UNSUBSTANTIATED theories about the case and no family member was ever charged.
The other theory blames an outside intruder.
So far, no theory has been definitively proven. This spring, some media outlets raised the possibility of doing enhanced DNA testing in the hopes of finally solving the case, but I haven’t seen any results of that or know if it ever happened.
Similarities between January’s murder and the April Tinsley case
Thanks to Kat (in comments) for pointing out another possible True Crime inspiration: April Tinsley.
This case took place in the late 80s in the Midwest, and I was not familiar with it, but is a truly horrible and heartbreaking story.
Eight year-old April was out playing with a friend and decided to home and get her umbrella. Then she vanished.
April’s body was found a few days later. The case went cold. Then, two years later in 1990, someone wrote a creepy message on the side of a barn confessing to April’s murder.
Yes, this aspect feels very similar to January’s case. This same person continued to write disturbing, threatening notes to young girls for almost fifteen years, until he was caught using forensic genealogy.
Can you think of other true crime cases that Ashley references in the book? Tell me in comments!
Is the staged crime scene plausible? I say yes!
If you are familiar with the most debated true crime cases, a staged crime scene by a parent to cover up the death a child isn’t that out-there.
As mentioned above, Casey Anthony‘s lawyer suggested that her father staged a fake crime after her daughter’s accidental drowning.
But Marcia Clark thinks otherwise!
Darlie Routier insists she was wrongly convicted of her children’s murders and denies the theory that she staged a fake crime scene (and gravely injured herself) to cover up her alleged involvement.
But then, as discussed above, All Good People Here puts a pretty different spin on things.
In the book, January’s father Billy, in a fit of rage over discovering that he’s not the biological father of January or her brother, means to harm his wife, but injures his daughter instead.
Then kills his daughter to keep her quiet.
Then his wife stages a crime scene to protect her son. Layer on layer of deceit!
Then the wife figures out what the husband did and he kills her. I really did appreciate the twists in this book!
Let’s Discuss the Ending of All Good People Here
What. Is. This. Ending? The point of true crime podcasts is to SOLVE mysteries, not leave them open-ended.
I object, Ashley Flowers! Please explain!
Is poor Margot dead? We have to assume that Margot finds a way to get away.
Reasons Why Margot is NOT a Crime Junkie
People who listen to true crime podcasts know that in a small town it’s easy to think that there are “All Good People Here.”
Never assume you’re safe in a small town. Fewer CCTV cameras, fewer cell towers, lots of secrets. In books at least. (Crime Junkie Rule #4: You Never Really Know Anyone.)
Always tell someone where you’re going, especially if you’re going to meet up with ANYONE who could be a suspect in a murder case. Like the father of one victim and the husband of another. Margot!
If you don’t want to tell someone, KEEP NOTES and make sure there is at least one trusted person who knows your computer and phone passwords. Margot was a reporter, so hopefully she did that. (This is Crime Junkie Rule #2: Make an “If I Go Missing” File.)
I don’t know about you, but I am counting on that badass Jodie Palmer to swoop in and save Margot.
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Loved the book and am a big fan of the Crime Junkie podcast /audiochuck productions, but like most people in this discussion are saying I was not a big fan of the ending. -Do we think she is setting up for a sequel? Maybe a second book where Margot is missing and Jodie tries to find her and put the final pieces back together?
Hi Meg! I thought about it. I love Jodie but I don’t feel like enough of a story left for a whole other book. I just want an epilogue!
I totally agree! I was sad that I was so disappointed in the ending because I was reading a bunch of reviews that talked about how good the book was, but I thought the language was basic and repetitive. For instance she uses the phrase, “hitched a shoulder” too many times and the topic of the key that was not copied made it into the plot too many times. I had guessed the ending when Kristy and Billy got engaged and she leaves deciders not to tell him about “the other thing.” Wasn’t too hard to guess. I also wondered why Billy freaked out and killed her as opposed to just telling her it was a mistake and he didn’t know anyone was standing by the stairs. So that seemed implausible to me. I’m just mad at the ending so it ruined the story, but the plot seemed a little uncreative in that it mirrored JBR.
I am listening to a JBR podcast now. I’d forgotten much of that story and wow it is a complicated case. There are even more parallels and maybe I will add them to the post.
I didn’t notice the shoulder hitching thing. I think every author has a phrase they overuse and they have to figure out what theirs is and limit it!
I think the ending is horrible. Why leave things unfinished? A little disappointed.
I agree. It seems to be a trend in thrillers later to leave some sort of annoying loose end. But to leave the main character being chased by a murderer goes too far! Maybe she’ll have a contest where we all get to write an epilogue!
I agree with your points exactly. I can see multiple cases where Ashley used real cases as inspiration. There was a case where a strange man was hanging around horse stables that was accused of being the perpetrator of a kidnapping/murder like Polly’s killer in this story, but I can’t remember the case. I also thought of JBR. I liked the integration of true stories into this one. At first I thought maybe the men were bisexual when they were on their drive together late at night and had their own affair together. I think that could have helped add another layer to explain the hate Billy had for Luke (ex lovers), and maybe why he married Krissy so soon/ didn’t notice when she had an affair/ resented her. I thought Billy might have killed Krissy because he found out she was having an affair with a woman for years. From Billy’s POV it sounds like he is a narcissist, and why he couldn’t have anyone think poorly of him even if it was an “accident”. Also children are smart and notice small behaviors or abuse from adults, so that might have been how January knew it was her dad that moved the door so hard and fast. She already knew him to be unpredictable and sometimes violent. That might have been why she was afraid. Let’s also remember he had been drinking so he s not thinking clearly/ more likely to make terrible choices and for his daughter to be afraid of him if he’s shown his narcissism in the past after drinking. I wonder if Billy thought Krissy helped cover up his crime when he saw the blood on her robes.
Hi Cat- so glad you left this comment because you have such great insights. To me most thrillers are either more plot driven or more character driven and I think this one was definitely the latter. I think that adding more psychological elements like those you mention would have given the book more depth (though for a first book I thought this was good!)
The Billy/Luke as lovers is an intriguing idea and I also wondered if he suspected Krissy was seeing Jodi. Again, small town and a lot of gossip! The Billy/Krissy relationship had so many elements that the book didn’t mention.
And I love your explanation for why January assumed Billy was out to harm her (and why he did). It did occur to me that the reason January might have said “why did you hurt me Daddy” was because she’d seen (or experienced) Billy being abusive, but I didn’t remember the book suggesting that. Was he a habitual heavy drinker? I also didn’t remember the book suggesting that (but maybe it did).
I hope you will come back for another spoiler discussion!
Thank you for the comments and reply. I love being able to discuss the book. Yeah, I don’t think it mentioned Billy was a heavy drinker, but it seems like a lot of activities in that town seems to be around drinking. Drinking with friends/ partying/ how the whole town shows up at the bar. How he is willing to go drinking with his friend in a truck at midnight.
I think if Billy and Luke were lovers that could help with some of the plot holes around why Luke never told anyone about his meetings/talks with Billy. Maybe Luke would be afraid about the townspeople guessing they weren’t 100% straight. Why Billy/Luke go to or want to go to each other for emotional support in the middle of the night and it being a small town. This plot device could have said more about how small towns in religious areas make LGBTQ people suppress who they really are to everyone’s detriment. Which Ashley already started with Krissy and Jodi’s relationship.
You are SO right. That could have made Luke’s silence make more sense, as well as giving the book a stronger sense of place. Luke was such an enigma – why would he keep this secret? My theory was that he was in love with Krissy, but if that were true, you’d think he would have said something after her “suicide.” If it were a Luke + Billy thing instead, it could have been her death that made him realize the guy he was in love with was not so great.
I also kept thinking there would be some other explanation for his memory loss than just early onset dementia. I was thinking that if Billy had hit him hard the night he told Billy the truth, a TBI could have been the explanation of his memory loss instead.
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Hi Cat! I think you are thinking of the Amy Mihaljevic case. There was a man thought to be involved at one point that was hanging around a horse stable that she went to.
First off I love Ashley flowers and she did an amazing job. My one question is, I wonder what Billy was thinking the morning after January’s death when he came to find all this new evidence planted by krissy. Did he think she knew and was covering for him instead of Jace bc everything she’s put him through with not telling him he wasn’t the father, or did he think someone actually broke in and he dreamt it (I know that’s a stretch) but then why did he ask Krissy “what did you do” when he found the red paint on her sleeve? Instead you’d think he’d dig further into why there was a staged scene? I love books that leave it open for question.
Hi Emily! Same – loved the book, love that there is so much to discuss.
It did seem weird to me that Krissy never discussed what happened with Jace and/or Billy. And you’re so right, his saying “what did you do” takes on a whole new meaning when we find out what he did before she staged the scene.
My biggest issue with the book is the way Ashley Flower’s plugs it. Instead of referring to the book she “wrote” she says the book I “made”! Sounds like a school project instead of a novel. Once I read the Vanity Plagiarism article it made me question why the author does not use the word write instead of made. I’m scratching my head over this. Any thoughts.
Hi Alysia!
I have not seen the interviews and obviously I can’t speak for her. With more fame comes greater scrutiny and criticism. I think the article you reference is the one about not citing research sources, so perhaps she wants to be clear that she did not write the book all by herself. I think it’s common knowledge that most celebrity authors either use ghostwriters or credited co-writers/collaborators. I always side-eye the celebs who don’t credit their collaborators, and I appreciate that Ashley does credit Alex Kiester, both on the title page and in the acknowledgments, for “spending long hours bringing my vision to life.”
So based on that, my best guess is that maybe she wants to sidestep criticism about saying she “wrote” it? I think she does have very good storytelling instincts and obviously a lot of knowledge about true crime cases. I have no doubt that it was her story and perhaps the writer just helped her get it all structured and polished. But that’s just my guess!
I liked the ending of this book because if she leaves it on a cliff hanger, then she might be planning another book to continue the story line. I also think that the story would be more boring if Margot followed all of the crime junkie rules because then I think the story would have ended way quicker and wouldn’t of had much exciting events or plot twists. I did get confused with some parts involving all the suspects but thats the way these cases are. I think it is definitely a good book, and I hope Ashley writes another one!
I hope there is some resolution in another book. I’ll read it for sure!
Yes yes yes to everything you said and ugh the whole breaking into the storage unit thing was so annoying. I kept wondering if she forgot to write that they also bought an identical lock to replace it. And then when they called in a tip, I just kept imagining how it would never hold up in court.
She also never went back to the fact that Detective Townsend covered up the truth as well after knowing Jace had told him. I actually thought that would have been a better direction to go.
And what are the chances that she finds all of these photos with incriminating evidence just randomly on google. It just didn’t fit. Too convenient. Locating Jace could have been done literally any other way after all she was able to pull court documents….
Billy absolutely could have wrote it off and said “yes she must have been scared when that man was trying to take her and she was holding her blanket to make her feel brave”. That would have been a natural explanation because that’s what I immediately assumed when they said she was holding it. She felt brave enough to fight back and she fell down the stairs or something. Also how in the world did she wake up after a fall like that. and if it wasn’t a deadly fall, why didn’t she get up. She even wrote how she kept turning her neck which literally made me want to puke because it should have been broken.
Overall I was disappointed with the inconsistencies that most true crime junkies should be considering as a story unfolds. I was just plain dumbfounded at the ending and even rewound the audible book to see if I missed a chapter.
I felt the ending was odd. The story has been told and I don’t think a sequel is necessary, though I do hope she writes another book!
The ending is killing me! We need to solve this mystery. So is Margot dead ? Will there be a part 2 ?